Bringing the Balance Back to Black Radio with some of the best, diverse music mixes of indie & mainstream Hip-Hop, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, House, Rock & More Along with commentary, news & interviews from all over the world!

This is a straight up commentary episode of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast where DJ Fusion & The Black Hawk talked about the news story about actress & comedian Leslie Jones' frustration about dating (especially feeling like there is no point to it & getting discouraged) and how it related to our personal lives & interactions, how other heads can go through it at large on that end regardless of looks, employment, class, etc., the f*ckery of false, stoic "strength" when dealing with someone else's crap in a romantic relationship as a Black person (and person in general), the casual cruelty with other folks' judgement of one's worthiness for a relationship, how folks reacted to Leslie Jones' feelings on the Internet (some not very well at ALL), how men & women deal with crap of weirdly fluctuating expectations, dealing with folks bullsh*t in a healthy way after they say you're not worthy of a relationship and more.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 24, 2018 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.

Our extended commentary this week as a bit on the scattershot side with us getting back in the mix after a nice bit of vacation & dealing with life at large, including talking about the FuseBox Radio reaching it's 20th anniversary this year, U.S. politics update (which is still a dumpster fire, including the "shithole countries" controversy & the "Fire and Fury" book with some decent news with the #J20 trials) & who Donald Trump as president isn't even necessarily the biggest story at all on that end (more so his supporters from the top on down), the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. beyond the mainstream spin, how the article expose of Aziz Ansari & a bad date encounter REALLY got various folks in their feelings in the #MeToo era (especially about the different levels of what constitutes sexual harassment, assault & just being a damned creep in what should be mutually comfortable sexual scenarios), us hoping that Oprah Winfrey does NOT run for president, some recent movies & TV we've seen & are going to see (including "The End of the F*cking World", "Wormwood", "The Last Jedi", our excitement about checking out "Black Panther" and more) plus some other things here and there.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of January 24, 2018

Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

Due to some extra in & out of state music travels & booking during the past week, here's a FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the week of January 17, 2018 [originally broadcast on the week March 28, 2013] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.

Our extended commentary during that week touched base on the "Monstanto Protection Act" slipping through the U.S. Congress, some of the recent Hip-Hop community controversy about the latest verse by Rick Ross on the Rocko song "U.O.E.N.O." that advocated date rape & his response, hate-on-hate YouTube videos by Black Men & Women on each other, an Idaho school district having issues over a biology teacher using the word "vagina", New Jersey's latest Powerball winner having to now hand up on paying a LOT of child support and some other things here and there.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of Jan. 17, 2018 [originally broadcast on the week of March 28, 2013]

Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners)

This is the last one of our top 3 most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 10, 2018 with some new and classic from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary on everything from politics to pop culture.

Our extended commentary on the FuseBox Radio during that show (originally broadcast on the Week of July 13, 2017) touched base on:

* What we've been up to since we've been able to do the last new, live recorded episode (it's been a LOT, including upgrading the recording lab, events, etc.)
* Death of Prodigy of Mobb Deep & his impact in Hip-Hop and our personal soundtracks of life
* an mini-movie review of the Tupac biopic "All Eyez On Me" via Black Hawk
* Educated Rapper of UTFO Passing
* Jay-Z "4:44" album mini-review via DJ Fusion
* Random straying into conversation about famous folks getting in relationships with a bunch of other famous folks' exes
* The Black Chyna/Rob Kardashian foolery & revenge porn
* How some heads are mad when you call out someone of your race, sex, class, etc. who are on some f**kery and more!

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of January 10, 2018 [originally broadcast on the Week of July 13, 2017]

Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

** NOTE: This week is an explicit/not radio friendly episode on the music and commentary ends... **

This is one of our most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 3, 2018 with some new and classic from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary on everything from politics to pop culture.

Our commentary during the week of January 25, 2017 had touched base on our viewpoints and personal experiences on & at the various protests that have happened since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. in D.C. & beyond, how folks can miss the point trying to find the "perfect" way to be a part of positive change & activism, the crippling mess that is White Feminism, singer Chrisette Michele's choice to sing for an inauguration event & her steadily poor excuses as to why, the Oscar nominations and some other stuff here and there.

Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.

FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of January 3, 2018 [originally broadcast on the Week of January 25, 2017]

Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]

This is one of our most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of Dec. 20 & 27, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.

This week's flashback show was originally broadcast on July 27, 2017 and was a special music mix sampler episode done by DJ Fusion of tunes based off of the Newport Jazz Festival performance lineup that occurred in Newport, Rhode Island from August 4 - 6, 2017).

For more information about the Newport Jazz Festival, its history, performance lineup this year, how to get tickets, transportation and more, go to:

Due to some extra out of state business travels via the 9 to 5 AND the music ends during the past few weeks, here the latest FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the weeks of Dec. 6 & 13, 2017 [originally broadcast on the week August 20, 2008] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary.
During that week, we had a great interview with author Douglas A. Blackmon for his book, "Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II" (now currently out on Doubleday Books), which "brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—when a cynical new form of slavery was resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War and re-imposed on hundreds of thousands of African-Americans until the dawn of World War II" by throwing Black Men, Women and Children into prison in the South for labor purposes under false pretenses to be arrested.
Feel free to check out more information about him and "Slavery By Another Name" the official book website, http://www.SlaveryByAnotherName.com.
Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official website, http://www.FuseBoxRadio.com and our blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.
FuseBox Radio Playlist & Charts for Weeks of December 6 & 13, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of August 20, 2008)
Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners)
1. GZA feat. Masta Killa & RZA/Pencil/Babygrande (Played Live)
2. CL Smooth/Dripped In Champagne/St. Nick Ent. (Played Live)
3. Busta Rhymes feat. Show Money & Reek Da Villian/Give A Damn/Flipmode, Aftermath & Interscope (Played Live)
4. Mary Mary/Get Up/Columbia (Played Live)
5. Nappy Roots/Tinted Up/NappyRoots.com (Played Live)
6. Lil' Fame of M.O.P./Security/Clockwork Music (Played Live)
7. Chokloate/Incredible/Hustle Hard (Played Live)
8. DJ Revolution feat. KRS-1/The DJ/Duck Down Records (Played Live)
9. Ben Jacobs/Hundreds (I Know This)/Dellarock Ent. (Played Live)
10. Lil' Sci & Carlos Nino Present What's The Science?/The Right Song/Shaman Work Recordings (Played Live)
11. Elzhi feat. Royce da 5' 9"/Motown 25/Fat Beats (Played Live)
12. Jim Snooka/Hammertime/Never So Deep Records (Played Live)
13. Precise/It's On Me/MySpace.com White Label (Played Live)
14. Paris/Don't Stop The Movement (inst.)/Guerilla Funk Recordings (Played Live)
15. Beeda Weeda/You Can't Hear My Tummy (inst.)/Clearbeat Records (Played Live)
16. Statik Selektah feat. Cassidy, Saigon & Termanology/To The Top (Stick 2 The Script)(inst.)/Showoff Records (Played Live)
17. Big Boi feat. Mary J. Blige/Sumthins Gotta Give (inst.)/LaFace & Zomba (Played Live)
18. Vistoso Bosses/All I Want/Collipark Music (Top Song Requested)
19. U.R.B.Z./Inside Outside/H.A.T.E. Klub & C.O.E. (Top Song Requested)
20. K-Salaam & Beatnick feat. Young Buck & Sizzla/Babylon Must Be Mad/VP (Top Song Requested)
21. Dallas Austin Experience/Exasperated/Rowdy & Universal (Top Song Requested)
22. Bishop Lamonte/Grow Up/Aftermath & Interscope (Top Song Requested)
23. Ces/Summer Breeze/BCMG (Top Song Requested)
24. J. Bully/Cock It Back/Mogul City Music Group (Top Song Requested)
25. Santogold, Julian Casablancas & N.E.R.D./My Drive Thru/White Label (Top Song Requested)
Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast):
1. Large Professor/Hardcore Hip-Hop/Gold Dust Media
2. Young Jeezy feat. Nas/My President/CTE & Def Jam
3. Cool Water/Unlucky Lotto/CoolWater101.com
4. Qwote feat. Plies/808/Slip-N-Slide Records
5. Robin Thicke feat. Mary J. Blige/Magic (NYC RMX)/Star Trak & Interscope
6. Brandy/Right Here/Epic & Koch
7. Lady Day feat. Stinky Dink/Roc With Me/Teddy Bear Records
8. DJ Khaled feat. Kanye West & T-Pain/Go Hard (inst.)/We The Best Music Group
9. Hustle Boy/It's Nothing (inst.)/Swagg Team Ent.
10. Slo-O feat. Brian Casey of Jagged Edge (inst.)/Without You/Checkmate Muzik
Flashback Joints On Blast On The Air This Week (Put Together By Jon Judah & DJ Fusion of The FuseBox Radio, some joints we
haven't played in a while on the show - weeks, months, years - or just wanted to reminisce on):
DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks:
Xhibit/Paparazzi/Relativity
PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of Nov. 23, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary.
This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours):
Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:23:21
DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:23:21 - 2:23:07
Ausar Ra Black Hawk Music Mix: 2:23:07 - 3:26:33
Our commentary this week as a bit on the scattershot side with the extended Thanksgiving Weekend 2017 holiday going down, with us talking about even MORE news updates of sexual assault & harassment in Hollywood & U.S. Politics (including Russell Simmons' e-mailing Terry Crews telling the latter to give a pass to the man who harassed him, which...ugh on mad levels) + how that's putting a LOT of cats from regular folks to famous heads on the spot with their behaviors (not just the abusers, but those who basically knew what was going on and covered up that bullsh*t), the upcoming "She Gotta Have It" Netflix series (which had us get into a whole side conversation about non-traditional relationships, how folks can catch feelings no matter WHAT you call/label your mental and/or physical interactions due to comfort zones and then some), recent movies we've seen and some other things here and there.
Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly.
FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of November 23, 2017 Played Live On This Week's Broadcast by DJ Fusion [tunes listed by artist/song title/label(s) in order]
1. DJ Honda feat. Guru/What You Expected/DJ Honda Recordings
2. MED, Blu & Madlib/House Keys/Stones Throw
3. Lone Catalysts feat. Artifacts/It's A Demo/EFFISCIENZ
4. Big K.R.I.T./Aux Cord/BIGKrit.com
5. Rock feat. Raekwon, Ras Kass & The Last American B-Boy/Declaration/Digital Deja Vu Records
6. ASAP Ferg/Plain Jane/ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds & RCA
7. Action Bronson/The Choreographer/Vice & Atlantic
8. The Jet Age of Tomorrow feat. Syd/The Long Way Home/Odd Future
9. Jidenna/Boomerang/Wondaland
10. Beatnick and K-Salaam feat. Homeboy Sandman/Mastery/BeatnickAndKSalaam.com
11. Drake feat. Jorja Smith & Black Coffee/Get It Together/OVO
12. Roni Size/Watching Wnidows (Roni Size Meets Nu Yorican Soul)/Talkin' Loud
13. Leikeli47/Attitude/RCA
14. Lil' Louis/Clap Your Hands (Man Of Soul Mix)/Go! Beat, Go! Beat
PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Ausar Ra Black Hawk Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is a special episode based off of the audio from this year's great DC PodFest panel on diversity in podcasting ("Not All Podcasters Are White") that occurred at the Wonderbread Factory in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 11, 2017 featuring DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast; http://www.FuseBoxRadio.com), Ebone Bell (Tagg Nation; http://www.TaggNation.com), Morgan Givens (Dispatches; http://www.goatrodeodc.com/dispatches) & Charneil Bush (What About Your Friends; https://soundcloud.com/what-about-your-friends) talking candidly about their experiences as Podcasters of Color on multiple fronts (folks' trying to put what you talk about on your show in a box from the outside community - and sometimes your own - in the realms of race, class, sexuality, etc., how everyone got started with podcasting, the hustle one has to be on to be a quality indie media outlet at large, what IS diversity honestly, how to deal with people trying to push back against your viewpoints & expressing them and more).
For more information about DC Podfest: http://www.DCPodfest.com

The syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast was founded by DJ Fusion while she was an undergraduate student at the Rutgers University - New Brunswick campus in 1998 at Rutgers University Radio.

Along with co-host, fellow mix DJ and business partner Ausar Ra Black Hawk (who became on as a part of the show in 2004), the weekly radio show & podcast exists to bring the Balance Back to Black Radio with having a strong focus on bringing a diverse mix of independent and mainstream Black Music (Hip-Hop, Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Rock, Funk, House & more from all over the world along with relevant commentary on everything from politics to popular culture, news and guest interviews to the international listening masses.

From its original roots, the FuseBox Radio Broadcast has spread to over 25+ website, FM & internet radio stations and podcast distribution channels as of January 2018 (listed at http://bit.ly/FuseBoxRadioBroadcastAffiliates).

Feel free to reach out at anytime to fuseboxradio@gmail.com or visit our official website at http://www.FuseBoxRadio.com for more information about lining up interviews, submitting music for airplay, putting the FuseBox Radio Broadcast on your radio station/internet outlet, giving feedback, etc.

Also check out the official blog of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast at http://www.BlackRadioIsBack.com.

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